Tie.



No. 736,628. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

E. F. PRIDDAT.

TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED 00'I.25.1902.

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Patented August 18, 1903.

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ERNST F. PRIDDAT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,628, dated August18, 1903.

Application filed October 25, 1902. Serial No. 128,728. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST RPRIDDAT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Ties, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates particularly to tie-fasteners of the charactershown in my United States Patent No. 686,477, granted November 12, 1901,and the present invention may be regarded as an improvement on thefastener therein claimed and of a scope to include the modificationspecifically claimed in my application Serial No. 128,729, of even dateherewith.

My primary object is to simplify and cheapen the manufacture oftie-fasteners and provide a fastener adapted to either simple or morecomplex ties of the twine or cord employed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1' represents in perspective a package secured by two ties of myimproved construction; Fig. 2, a perspective View of the detachedcomplete tie, showing another way of wrapping the cord; Fig. 3, aperspective view of a modification of the tie-fastener with a cordsecured thereto as it would be in use; Fig. 4, a view of the detachedtie-fastener of the tie shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a section taken asindicated at line 5 of Fig. 2.

The tie-fastener preferably comprises a simple or unfolded sheet-metalmember A of elongated form, provided near one (say the upper) extremitywith a twine-gripping slot a, which opens at some distance from saidextremity and terminates at its gripping end nearer to said extremity,provided intermediately at one lateral edge with a recess a, which opensin a direction substantially opposite the direction in which said slotopens and has the metal bent thereat to afford a smooth shoulder orbearing over which the twine may be drawn in tightening, provided nearsaid recess with a severing-notch a? which opens in a direction alsoopposed to said slot, and provided also at the other (lower) extremitywith a twine=gripping slot opening in the same general direction as saidfirstmentioned slot. Preferably the recess a is at the right-hand edgeof the fastener, adapting it to right-hand use. The slot at is formed bysplitting the metal and forcing it downwardly at one edge a of the slot,thereby providing for a certain yielding or spring action of the wallsof the slot. Similarly the slot 0. has one margin a bent downwardly.

In Fig. 1 there is shown employed a cord 1), having one end portion bengaged by the slot a, the cord passed about a package B, then throughthe bearing a from above, then through the slot a from below, andfinally through the bearing a again and under the lobe a, where it isbroken off at the notch a In Fig 2 oneloop b is made. Then the cordpasses longitudinally over the lower portion of the fastener, thendownward through the bearing a, allowing the fastener to make a completeturn to the left about its longitudinal axis, which it does practicallywithout assistance, then to the left and to form a loop 19 then throughthe bearing a from below, then through the slot at from above, andfinally through the severing-notch a from below, where the cord isbroken by a sharp jerk. A portion of the cord has been broken away inthis figure to expose the slot a In the construction of Figs. 3 and 4, Arepresents the fastener, which is similar to the one already described,except that there are provided at the lower extremity two slots 0 0,having downwardly-bent margins c 0 respectively. In Fig. 3 there isshown a tape d, having one end gripped at the upper slot of the fastenerformed into a loop d, passing downwardly through the bearing a, thenceupwardly through the slot 0, and finally downwardly through the slot 0,after which it is severed or snapped by a sharp jerk at a notch c at theleft-hand edge of the fastener and opposed to the slot 0.

It is obvious that various ways of passing the cord about the packagemay be employed and that the shape of the fastener may be variouslymodified without departure from my invention.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Atie-fastener, comprising a member of sheet material having at oppositeextremities twine=gripping slots, and an intermediate recess opening atone edge of the fastener and having a rounded edge over which a cord maybe drawn freelyin tightening, for the purpose set forth.

2. A tie fastener, comprising a piece of sheet metal having near oneextremity a twine-gripping slot, at a lateral edge a recess with themetal bent thereat to afford a shoulder over which the twine may bedrawn freely in tightening, and at the opposite extremity atwine-gripping slot, for the purpose set forth.

3. A tie-fastener, comprising an elongated sheet-metal member havingnear one extremity a twine-gripping slot extending toward saidextremity, at one lateral edge an open recess with the metal bent toafford a smooth bearing for the twine, and at the other extremity atwine-gripping slot, for the purpose set forth.

4. A tie-fastener, having at opposite ends twine-gripping slotsextending in the same general direction, at an intermediate portion abearing over which the twine may be drawn freely, and at alateral edge asevering-notch extending in a direction substantially opposite to thedirection of the slots, for the purpose set forth.

5. A tie-fastener, comprising a sheet-metal imember provided near twoopposite extremities with twine gripping slots formed by splitting themetal and bending down one 1n'argin to afford a spring, and providedalso with an intermediate bearing over which the twine may be drawnfreely in tightening, for the purpose set forth.

ERNST F. PRIDDAT. in presence of W. B. DAVIES, ALBERT D. BACCI.

